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Rachel Todd letter to Charity Rotch, Farmington, November 16, 1811

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Farmington November 16th 1811
I did not intend such a length of time should
elapse, without giving our dearly belov d friends some
account of ourselves, but when we received yours from
Chambersburgh , & Bedford, which two came together, &
are the last we have received, I had just finished a long
letter which, I found after a little consideration I could
not
^send; it was an answer to two letters previously received,
one from Philadelphia, & one from Lancaster, which contained
a few expressions, occasion d by the disappointment of my dear
Charity; which I was Silly enough to feel a little hurt
about, & consequently sat myself down & wrote almost a
half a day upon the subject, & after all was glad to com=
mit it to the flames without any one seeing it; for I
well knew, that such feelings as were expressed in the
letter from Lancaster, could not, for any length of time
inhabit the Breast of my Charity you can not im=
magine dear friends the satisfaction we receive from your
goodness in writing to us, indeed I scarcely know what would
become of us, in this; our lonely situation, were we deprived
of the pleasure afforded us, by your interesting letters
your progress has far outstripped all our calculations
& we have very much fear d your strength would

B-311-19
Farmington November 16th 1811
I did not intend such a length of time should
elapse, without giving our dearly belov d friends some
account of ourselves, but when we received yours from
Chambersburgh , & Bedford, which two came together, &
are the last we have received, I had just finished a long
letter which, I found after a little consideration I could
not
^send; it was an answer to two letters previously received,
one from Philadelphia, & one from Lancaster, which contained
a few expressions, occasion d by the disappointment of my dear
Charity; which I was Silly enough to feel a little hurt
about, & consequently sat myself down & wrote almost a
half a day upon the subject, & after all was glad to com=
mit it to the flames without any one seeing it; for I
well knew, that such feelings as were expressed in the
letter from Lancaster, could not, for any length of time
inhabit the Breast of my Charity you can not im=
magine dear friends the satisfaction we receive from your
goodness in writing to us, indeed I scarcely know what would
become of us, in this; our lonely situation, were we deprived
of the pleasure afforded us, by your interesting letters
your progress has far outstripped all our calculations
& we have very much fear d your strength would